Average size mannequin with average size woman.
The problem, in one picture.
I never realized until seeing this picture that my interpretation of an average size woman has become REALLY SKEWED oh my god I wanna cry
The store I work at got new mannequins that wear a size 2 (our old ones wore a size 4), but even the 2s are big on them. They’re tiny and horribly unrealistic, especially because our customer base (at my store specifically) definitely averages around a size 10. It’s disgusting.
This photo, however, is incredible.
and they wonder why there are so many people (male and female) with eating disorders, poor relationships with food, self esteem issues, hating their bodies, etc. wake up, assholes.
It’s so fucking upsetting dressing the mannequins in our store, like we have to use the smallest size we stock and we still have to clip the clothing and pin it back to make it look “right” or fit on the damn thing. That is just so not cool.
Has anyone thought about how this is average now because of the rise in weight gain
No, it’s not because of the “rise in weight gain.” People didn’t used to be size 0. Think outside the USA, and outside the growing working and lower class in the USA that doesn’t have access to exercise, affordable food, time to cook it, and the money to afford these damn clothes all the time anyway.